Miscellaneous: Today, I cleaned out the fridge for my mother. I didn't throw...

By AngrySon - 29/09/2011 01:12 - United States

Today, I cleaned out the fridge for my mother. I didn't throw out a single thing that was less than a month past its expiration. Instead of thanks, she complained about everything that I threw away being still good, including a tub of butter that had been expired for two years. FML

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By wearyconsumer - 23/12/2016 05:29

Today, I threw out all the food in the freezer that my mom had been keeping since 2013. When she found out, she said, "frozen food doesn't go bad." FML

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By uncleaning - 22/07/2009 23:03 - United States

Today, after I cleaned out the fridge of things that expired months ago, my roommate got angry and insisted upon pulling all the moldy dairy products out of the garbage and putting them back because "they weren't mine and I shouldn't throw out other people's food." FML

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By Anonymous - 19/12/2013 22:49 - Australia - Kensington

Today, my mother decided to inform me that she doesn't believe canned food can have an expiry date and that the food is still okay to eat years after the 'supposed' expiry date. She's probably been cooking my dinner with expired food for over 17 years. FML

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By Jay - 02/08/2024 14:00 - United States - Strykersville

Today, my mom decided to clean out my freezer. She freaked out over a box of unbelievably expensive King crab legs that expired over five years ago. My PTSD kicked in and I explained that I got them for a special occasion three days before my girlfriend was diagnosed with lung cancer. I never got that special occasion. I hate me. FML

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By Jules - 27/11/2020 07:56 - Germany

Today, while tidying up my grandmother's fridge, I got to play expiration-date-bingo. The winner was some type of concentrated apple sauce supposed to be used for salad dressings. It expired in 1986. FML

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By WTF - 09/06/2012 13:54 - Australia - Adelaide

Today, I saw my mom changing the expiry date on milk. She genuinely thought this would make the milk sour later. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/02/2015 19:02 - United States - Lemont

Today, my mom's obsession with cleanliness hit a new low when she bitched at me for having trash in my trash can. FML

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By stillsick - 02/03/2011 00:11 - Canada

Today, surprisingly, my roommate made a nice meal. Within an hour, I started throwing up. When I confronted her, she confessed that she'd used long expired ingredients, including meat, because she didn't want the garbage men to think she's "the type that wastes food." FML

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By soupduped - 06/12/2009 03:37 - United States

Today, I opened up a can of tomato soup I'd taken from my parents' house recently. After eating the whole can, I started feeling a little off, so I checked the expiration date. It expired 12 years ago. FML

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By anon - 07/11/2012 23:28 - United States

Today, I threw up after drinking a smoothie my mother made me. She then called me "ungrateful" and "immature" for not liking what she spent a long time making for me. I later found out that not only did she use expired yogurt, it was also a mango smoothie, which I'm allergic to. FML

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StoryOfTheYear 14

Thursday 29 September 2011 9:03

If it moves, kill it. If it's not moving it's fine to eat.

Freeze_fml 16

Thursday 29 September 2011 9:11

Should have allowed nature's way of showing her she's wrong.

Comments

RuskiManBearPig 4

Thursday 29 September 2011 17:27

Your mom's a hoarder

darkmis1 17

Thursday 29 September 2011 17:42

Any amount of time past expiration is bad for you, even if it's been less than a month.

iislix1ii 19

Tuesday 21 February 2012 7:03

Not really the expiration date is a guess as to when the bacteria in a certain food will muliply to a certain point where its not safe to eat. Food can expire before or after the expiration date. That doesnt mean i would eat anything past its date, though. I'd rather not end up with anything furry in my mouth.

SwtCherryPie 26

Thursday 29 September 2011 17:54

My grandpa was the same way. My grandma would have me sneak and clean out their refridgerator and we'd have to hide the stuff we threw away. Found 3-4 year-old bottles of mayo, salad dressing, and other random condiments the first time she had me do it.

IsBitchBetter 1

Thursday 29 September 2011 19:01

Hoard much?????

lalalove33 0

Thursday 29 September 2011 20:11

well, if she is going to eat that butter, 2 years after experation, its seems no diffrent if she ate it right out of the garbage, am i right? both still gross!

holagranola 15

Thursday 29 September 2011 20:17

my grandmother had cert-o in her cupboard from 1998..

ilovejosh1015 0

Thursday 29 September 2011 20:27

I just did that too!! Except I had to throw our 35 lbs of rotting veggies and 15 lbs of other expired stuff. They only she said to me was "your taking out the garbage bags you filled right?"